Last Monday was ANZAC Day and I have to say I am very proud of being a Cub Leader for Beenleigh. We had 22 Cubs registered to attend and of those we had 20 show up. 2 pulled out due to illness. Considering that this year the march was in what would have to be the longest weekend ever, was an awesome result.
Our cubs also walked tall and stayed in formation the entire way. When you look around at the numbers, outside of the military aligned groups, that the schools had only a couple attending, we were one of the largest groups to show.
Not only did our Cubs walk tall, they also behaved during the ceremonial section of the morning. I don't believe any of us leaders had to pull our cubs into line for misbehaving. When we can take our cubs out and see them in this light we show how great our group is and I know from some of the comments on the way through the march that we were well noticed.
ANZAC Day is an important part of Scouting, we have a military link with Lord Baden Powell, but also on the wall we have all our past Scouts that lost their lives in the wars, and if I recall I think one was even awarded a Victoria Cross for the efforts. So it is important for us to attend to show respect for their efforts.
ANZAC Day March is part one to earning the Our Heritage Badge for 2011. I am working on organising a night at the RSL to look over the items they have which will finish off the requirements for the badge.
To parents, thank you for bringing your cubs along on a weekend that was odd due to the number of public holidays. I am truly grateful for making our participation well represented.
Our cubs also walked tall and stayed in formation the entire way. When you look around at the numbers, outside of the military aligned groups, that the schools had only a couple attending, we were one of the largest groups to show.
Not only did our Cubs walk tall, they also behaved during the ceremonial section of the morning. I don't believe any of us leaders had to pull our cubs into line for misbehaving. When we can take our cubs out and see them in this light we show how great our group is and I know from some of the comments on the way through the march that we were well noticed.
ANZAC Day is an important part of Scouting, we have a military link with Lord Baden Powell, but also on the wall we have all our past Scouts that lost their lives in the wars, and if I recall I think one was even awarded a Victoria Cross for the efforts. So it is important for us to attend to show respect for their efforts.
ANZAC Day March is part one to earning the Our Heritage Badge for 2011. I am working on organising a night at the RSL to look over the items they have which will finish off the requirements for the badge.
To parents, thank you for bringing your cubs along on a weekend that was odd due to the number of public holidays. I am truly grateful for making our participation well represented.
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